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Why use VIM/Nano/Emacs over VS Code?
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If you frequently work on remote systems you frequently only get command line access, where you can still use vim/nano/emacs but not a full IDE like VS Code. In that case you might find it more convenient to learn one text editor well and forgo the IDE.
you can use vscode over ssh, without installing anything on the remote system.
There's a long list of caveats when running VS Code over SSH. By comparison, text editors:
Yea, no. It doesn't work with ssh agent and it cannot read includes and other configuration options. I believe it also tries to install some components remotely which is bad enough, but causes additional issues in environments with proxies or without internet access at all. Iirc also plugins must be installed remotely to work.
In a normal professional context it just does not work and it is a hassle to deal with. It might work in a home lab, but nowhere beyond that.